Government action under new Wilderness Act

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Kallman - J4J-Jl71
For Release to PM's, NOVEMBER 20, 1964
INTERIOR TO BEGIN STUDIES UNDER NEW WILDERNESS ACT, UDALL SAYS
Millions of acres of nationally owned lands administered by the Department of
the Interior will be reviewed "as critically and carefully as possible" under the
new Wilderness Act, Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall said today.
Only a fraction of the acreage to be studied is expected to qualify for
inclusion in the new National Wilderness Preservation System, he indicated.
The measure was signed into law by President Johnson on September J. It
automatically placed more than 9 million acres of nationally owned land in wilder-ness
status and provided for review within the next 10 years, of other millions
of acres managed by the Agriculture and Interior Departments as possible additions
to the System.
These areas can be added to the 9-million-acre Wilderness System only by vote
of Congress. The law provides that the President, acting upon the advice of his
Cabinet officers, will recommend to Congress any new areas.
All of the 9 million acres automatically placed within the system by enact­ment
of the law is national forest land, administered by the Forest Service of the
Department of Agriculture,
Among the Interior-managed lands now in line for review are areas within
national parks and monuments end national wildlife refuges and ranges.
The national parks contain many areas that have been managed for many years
under principles wholly compatible with the Wilderness Act, Udall said.
When areas within the National Wildlife Refuge System, administered by the
Interior Department's Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, are examined under
the Wilderness Act, he added, "the need for protection of the wildlife for which
the areas were set aside will receive first consideration."
The Wilderness Act permits public access by fot, on horseback or in canoes
into wilderness areas, but it prohibita intrusion by roads, motor vehicles and
related machinery, or commercial enterprises of any kind, No structures, build­ings
or other developmental facilities are to be erected,
Each area to be considered for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preser­vation
System would cover at least 5,00 acres or be of sufficient size to make
its preservation practicable, Areas included in the Wilderness System would
continue to be managed by the Department and agency that had jurisdiction over
them prior to their incorporation into the System,
To qualify for inclusion, an area or portion of an area must be identified
as possessing wilderness characteristics of such quality and extent as to merit
continued preservation in its original and unchanging state,
Attached is a list of National Park System and National Wildlife Refuge
System units which are believed to contain sane land worthy of study for recom­mended
inclusion in the National Wilderness System. Figures given are gross
acreages of entire units; only a portion, at most, will qualify,
X X X
P,N. 54850-64 2
ALASKA
Mount M::Kil'lley Nltional Park
Glacier Bay National MOnument
Katmai National Monument
Aleutian Islands National
Wildlife Refuge
Kodiak National Wildlife
Refuge
Nunivak National Wildlife
Refuge
Arctic National Wildlife
Range
Clarence Rhode National
Wildlife Range
Izembek National Wildlife
Range
Kenai National Moose Range
Total ······· 􀀌􀲷 ··· · ···
ARIZONA
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National
Monument
Canyon de Chelly National
Monument
Chiricahus National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National
Monument
Petrified Forest National
Monument
Saguaro National Monument
Wupatki National Monument
Cabeza Prieta Game Range
Kofa Game Range
Total .... , . . . . . . . . . . .
CALIFO RNIA
Kings Canyon National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Sequoia National Park
Yosemite National Park
Death Valley National
Monument
Joshua Tree National
Monument
Lava Beds National Monument
Pinnacles National Monument
Total ••••••••••••• • • •
Gross
acreages
1,939,493
:l,274,595
2,697,590
2,720,235
1,815,000
1,109,)84
8,90,00
1,890,000
415,000
2.057.197
25,818,494
673,575
198,280
8),840
10,645
330,874
94,161
78,644
35,545
860,00
6Q.OO
3,025,564
454,650
106,934
386,550
760,951
1,907,760
557,992
46,238
14.497
4,235,572
COLORADO
Mesa Verde National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
National Monument
Colorado National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument
Great Sand Dunes National
Monument
Total ••••••••••••••
FLORIDA
Everglades National 􀂵􋕡ark
GEORGIA
Okefenokee National Wildlife
Refuge
HAWAII
Hawaii Volcanoes National
Park
Haleakala National Park
Total . . . . 􀀍􀴠 . . . . . . . . .
IDAHO
Craters of the Moon National
Monument
MICHIGAN
Isle Royale National Park
IDNTANA
Glacier National Park
Charles M. Russell National
Wildlife Range
Total ............. .
NEVADA
Charles Sheldon Antelope
Range
Desert Game Range
Total •••••••••• ••••
Gross
acreages
51,333
260,018
13,547
17,692
205,136
36.740
584,466
1,400,533
330,973
220,345
26.403
246,748
48,183
539,338
1,013,129
950.827
1,963,956
544,525
2.188.415
2,732,940
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JilW MEXICO
Carlsbad Caverns National
Park
Bandelier National Monument
White Sands National Monument
Total . • •• . • . . •• ••••• •
Gross
acreages
49,448
30,703
146.535
226,686
NORTH CAROLINA AND TENFSSE
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park 511,715
OREGON
Crater Lake National Park
SOUTH DAKOTA
Wind Cave National Park
Badlands National Monument
Total ............... .
54850-64
160,290
28,059
111.530
139, 5!39
2
TEXAS
Big Bend National Park
UTAH
Bryce Canyon National Park
Zion National Park
Gross
acreages
708,2a
Arches National Monument
Capital Reef National Monument
36,010
147,034
34,010
39.172
Total •••• ••••••••••• 256,226
WASHINGTON
Mount Rainier National Park
Olympic National Park
total ............. ,. .
WYOMING
Gtan􀁰􇀠 Teton National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Total •• . • •••• • . ••• . •
Total gross asreage
241,782
896.599
1,138,381
)10,350
2.221. 73
2, 532,123
46.599.563
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HcT!!'AU OF OUTDOOR HECREATL·N􀂉􈤠 Kyle - J􀀸􃡊J-57:?6
'':rl' 'klease DECEMTlEH 10, 1964
ARNOLD n·· HEAD OUTOOR RECREATION GRANTS-IN-AID DIVISION
Appointment of Maurice D. Arnold to head a new Division of Grants-in-Aid in
the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation was announced today by Secretary of the Interior
:_;tewart L. Udall. Arnold forOJerly wos Chief of Grants Operations for the National
CHnGer Institute in Washington, D. C.
The new program which Arnold will head was established under the Land and
'Nnter Conservation Fund Act passed by the recent Congress.
The grants-in-aid to :3tates are available on a matching basis for planing,
acquisition and development of recreation area􀆝􉴮.
The new Fund will derive from pay-as-you-go revenues from entrance and user
fees to be charged at some Federal outdoor recreation areas, from sale of surplus
Federal real property, and from the Federal tax on motorboat fuels. The Fund is
expected to provide an averar;e of $180 million per year during the progrRm' s first
10 years. The new Act becomes effective January 1, 1965.
Arnold is a native of Norfolk, Arkansas, He was graduated frcm Whitman
College, Walla Walla, Washington, with an A.B. degree in economics and business
administration; from Syr.,cuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs with a ma3ter's degree in public administration; and frcm South­eastern
University, Washington, D, C,, with a degree in accounting.
Arnold mcst recently worked eight years with the National Institutes of
Health, part of the Public Health Servi8e of the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, where he was a Management Analyst, then Chief of the Operations
Branch, Grants and Training, National Cancer Institute,
He prevtously worked frcm July 1951 to October 1956 for the Bur􀆞􉸧'au of Indian
Affairs of the Department of the Jnterlor, wb.,re he bPcame a program officer in
the Office of the Ccc!llissioner.
Arnold is married to the fnrrner Shirlee Ann Winget of Walla Walla, Washington,
They have two daughters, Laurilee, age 15, and Charlotte Ann, age 10, and live in
Bethesda, Maryland.
X X X
,-O .. MI$SOON
(oL!NN !>TANOEF! IDAHO 􀁙􅥁ALLS
,. J "OL . E:S TWI"' F.O.LLS
A,.Ll( JOHNSON 901$1<
WII L lA . fl DUR!>ON MOSCOW
FRANK C:ULLIEN COI!:UF! n'ALEI\I"'
STATE OF IDAHO
􀀬􂱏OBEI'IT 1: SMVLIF:
OOVI:IND"
JOHN R. WOODWORTH
OIRE:CTOR
A1.J3'ust 191 1964 UNITED STATES SENATOR
'!he Hcnorable len B, Jordan
Senator, thited States Senate
Washington, D, C.
Dear Senator Jordan:
0 f? rDJ􀀖􁙦f?llr1JZr:r: AUG 2 2'.1964 􀀁􀄠
LSC0CSUVTS
LEN B. JORDAN
We have reoently leamed of the introduction of House Bill
ll333 whidl would pennit the release of land in the Boise, Challis,
Salmon, and Sawtooth Naticnal Forests in Idaho na.� presently under
a reclamation withdrawal, The pr:imaJ:y pw:pose of this bill is to
pennit the filing of mining clai.ms and the eventual exploitation of
the area,
'!he Fish and Game Depart:nent is extremely interested in the
area in questicn because of its value as a spawning and rearing area
for salrocn and stelhead, In recent years, considerable dredge mining
was undertaken on the headwaters of Bear Valley Creek which is adjacent
to the area proposed far release, Althoi.J3'h only a portion of Bear
Valley Creek was dred;Jed, the effects of the dredging \'ere felt for
many miles cbomstream.
Because of the value of salrocn and stelhead in the sport
fishecy of Idaho and the econarw of Idaho 1 we urge you to oppose
passage of this bill,
Sincerely,

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Kallman - J4J-Jl71
For Release to PM's, NOVEMBER 20, 1964
INTERIOR TO BEGIN STUDIES UNDER NEW WILDERNESS ACT, UDALL SAYS
Millions of acres of nationally owned lands administered by the Department of
the Interior will be reviewed "as critically and carefully as possible" under the
new Wilderness Act, Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall said today.
Only a fraction of the acreage to be studied is expected to qualify for
inclusion in the new National Wilderness Preservation System, he indicated.
The measure was signed into law by President Johnson on September J. It
automatically placed more than 9 million acres of nationally owned land in wilder-ness
status and provided for review within the next 10 years, of other millions
of acres managed by the Agriculture and Interior Departments as possible additions
to the System.
These areas can be added to the 9-million-acre Wilderness System only by vote
of Congress. The law provides that the President, acting upon the advice of his
Cabinet officers, will recommend to Congress any new areas.
All of the 9 million acres automatically placed within the system by enact­ment
of the law is national forest land, administered by the Forest Service of the
Department of Agriculture,
Among the Interior-managed lands now in line for review are areas within
national parks and monuments end national wildlife refuges and ranges.
The national parks contain many areas that have been managed for many years
under principles wholly compatible with the Wilderness Act, Udall said.
When areas within the National Wildlife Refuge System, administered by the
Interior Department's Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, are examined under
the Wilderness Act, he added, "the need for protection of the wildlife for which
the areas were set aside will receive first consideration."
The Wilderness Act permits public access by fot, on horseback or in canoes
into wilderness areas, but it prohibita intrusion by roads, motor vehicles and
related machinery, or commercial enterprises of any kind, No structures, build­ings
or other developmental facilities are to be erected,
Each area to be considered for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preser­vation
System would cover at least 5,00 acres or be of sufficient size to make
its preservation practicable, Areas included in the Wilderness System would
continue to be managed by the Department and agency that had jurisdiction over
them prior to their incorporation into the System,
To qualify for inclusion, an area or portion of an area must be identified
as possessing wilderness characteristics of such quality and extent as to merit
continued preservation in its original and unchanging state,
Attached is a list of National Park System and National Wildlife Refuge
System units which are believed to contain sane land worthy of study for recom­mended
inclusion in the National Wilderness System. Figures given are gross
acreages of entire units; only a portion, at most, will qualify,
X X X
P,N. 54850-64 2
ALASKA
Mount M::Kil'lley Nltional Park
Glacier Bay National MOnument
Katmai National Monument
Aleutian Islands National
Wildlife Refuge
Kodiak National Wildlife
Refuge
Nunivak National Wildlife
Refuge
Arctic National Wildlife
Range
Clarence Rhode National
Wildlife Range
Izembek National Wildlife
Range
Kenai National Moose Range
Total ······· 􀀌􀲷 ··· · ···
ARIZONA
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National
Monument
Canyon de Chelly National
Monument
Chiricahus National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National
Monument
Petrified Forest National
Monument
Saguaro National Monument
Wupatki National Monument
Cabeza Prieta Game Range
Kofa Game Range
Total .... , . . . . . . . . . . .
CALIFO RNIA
Kings Canyon National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Sequoia National Park
Yosemite National Park
Death Valley National
Monument
Joshua Tree National
Monument
Lava Beds National Monument
Pinnacles National Monument
Total ••••••••••••• • • •
Gross
acreages
1,939,493
:l,274,595
2,697,590
2,720,235
1,815,000
1,109,)84
8,90,00
1,890,000
415,000
2.057.197
25,818,494
673,575
198,280
8),840
10,645
330,874
94,161
78,644
35,545
860,00
6Q.OO
3,025,564
454,650
106,934
386,550
760,951
1,907,760
557,992
46,238
14.497
4,235,572
COLORADO
Mesa Verde National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
National Monument
Colorado National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument
Great Sand Dunes National
Monument
Total ••••••••••••••
FLORIDA
Everglades National 􀂵􋕡ark
GEORGIA
Okefenokee National Wildlife
Refuge
HAWAII
Hawaii Volcanoes National
Park
Haleakala National Park
Total . . . . 􀀍􀴠 . . . . . . . . .
IDAHO
Craters of the Moon National
Monument
MICHIGAN
Isle Royale National Park
IDNTANA
Glacier National Park
Charles M. Russell National
Wildlife Range
Total ............. .
NEVADA
Charles Sheldon Antelope
Range
Desert Game Range
Total •••••••••• ••••
Gross
acreages
51,333
260,018
13,547
17,692
205,136
36.740
584,466
1,400,533
330,973
220,345
26.403
246,748
48,183
539,338
1,013,129
950.827
1,963,956
544,525
2.188.415
2,732,940
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JilW MEXICO
Carlsbad Caverns National
Park
Bandelier National Monument
White Sands National Monument
Total . • •• . • . . •• ••••• •
Gross
acreages
49,448
30,703
146.535
226,686
NORTH CAROLINA AND TENFSSE
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park 511,715
OREGON
Crater Lake National Park
SOUTH DAKOTA
Wind Cave National Park
Badlands National Monument
Total ............... .
54850-64
160,290
28,059
111.530
139, 5!39
2
TEXAS
Big Bend National Park
UTAH
Bryce Canyon National Park
Zion National Park
Gross
acreages
708,2a
Arches National Monument
Capital Reef National Monument
36,010
147,034
34,010
39.172
Total •••• ••••••••••• 256,226
WASHINGTON
Mount Rainier National Park
Olympic National Park
total ............. ,. .
WYOMING
Gtan􀁰􇀠 Teton National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Total •• . • •••• • . ••• . •
Total gross asreage
241,782
896.599
1,138,381
)10,350
2.221. 73
2, 532,123
46.599.563
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HcT!!'AU OF OUTDOOR HECREATL·N􀂉􈤠 Kyle - J􀀸􃡊J-57:?6
'':rl' 'klease DECEMTlEH 10, 1964
ARNOLD n·· HEAD OUTOOR RECREATION GRANTS-IN-AID DIVISION
Appointment of Maurice D. Arnold to head a new Division of Grants-in-Aid in
the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation was announced today by Secretary of the Interior
:_;tewart L. Udall. Arnold forOJerly wos Chief of Grants Operations for the National
CHnGer Institute in Washington, D. C.
The new program which Arnold will head was established under the Land and
'Nnter Conservation Fund Act passed by the recent Congress.
The grants-in-aid to :3tates are available on a matching basis for planing,
acquisition and development of recreation area􀆝􉴮.
The new Fund will derive from pay-as-you-go revenues from entrance and user
fees to be charged at some Federal outdoor recreation areas, from sale of surplus
Federal real property, and from the Federal tax on motorboat fuels. The Fund is
expected to provide an averar;e of $180 million per year during the progrRm' s first
10 years. The new Act becomes effective January 1, 1965.
Arnold is a native of Norfolk, Arkansas, He was graduated frcm Whitman
College, Walla Walla, Washington, with an A.B. degree in economics and business
administration; from Syr.,cuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs with a ma3ter's degree in public administration; and frcm South­eastern
University, Washington, D, C,, with a degree in accounting.
Arnold mcst recently worked eight years with the National Institutes of
Health, part of the Public Health Servi8e of the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, where he was a Management Analyst, then Chief of the Operations
Branch, Grants and Training, National Cancer Institute,
He prevtously worked frcm July 1951 to October 1956 for the Bur􀆞􉸧'au of Indian
Affairs of the Department of the Jnterlor, wb.,re he bPcame a program officer in
the Office of the Ccc!llissioner.
Arnold is married to the fnrrner Shirlee Ann Winget of Walla Walla, Washington,
They have two daughters, Laurilee, age 15, and Charlotte Ann, age 10, and live in
Bethesda, Maryland.
X X X
,-O .. MI$SOON
(oL!NN !>TANOEF! IDAHO 􀁙􅥁ALLS
,. J "OL . E:S TWI"' F.O.LLS
A,.Ll( JOHNSON 901$1<
WII L lA . fl DUR!>ON MOSCOW
FRANK C:ULLIEN COI!:UF! n'ALEI\I"'
STATE OF IDAHO
􀀬􂱏OBEI'IT 1: SMVLIF:
OOVI:IND"
JOHN R. WOODWORTH
OIRE:CTOR
A1.J3'ust 191 1964 UNITED STATES SENATOR
'!he Hcnorable len B, Jordan
Senator, thited States Senate
Washington, D, C.
Dear Senator Jordan:
0 f? rDJ􀀖􁙦f?llr1JZr:r: AUG 2 2'.1964 􀀁􀄠
LSC0CSUVTS
LEN B. JORDAN
We have reoently leamed of the introduction of House Bill
ll333 whidl would pennit the release of land in the Boise, Challis,
Salmon, and Sawtooth Naticnal Forests in Idaho na.� presently under
a reclamation withdrawal, The pr:imaJ:y pw:pose of this bill is to
pennit the filing of mining clai.ms and the eventual exploitation of
the area,
'!he Fish and Game Depart:nent is extremely interested in the
area in questicn because of its value as a spawning and rearing area
for salrocn and stelhead, In recent years, considerable dredge mining
was undertaken on the headwaters of Bear Valley Creek which is adjacent
to the area proposed far release, Althoi.J3'h only a portion of Bear
Valley Creek was dred;Jed, the effects of the dredging \'ere felt for
many miles cbomstream.
Because of the value of salrocn and stelhead in the sport
fishecy of Idaho and the econarw of Idaho 1 we urge you to oppose
passage of this bill,
Sincerely,